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ArticleImaging science in dentistry2016

Incidental finding of an extensive oropharyngeal mass in magnetic resonance imaging of a patient with temporomandibular disorder: A case report.

Temitope T Omolehinwa, Mel Mupparapu, Sunday O Akintoye

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Article in Imaging science in dentistry, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Temitope T OmolehinwaDepartment of Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Mel MupparapuDepartment of Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Sunday O AkintoyeDepartment of Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this report, we describe the incidental finding of an oropharyngeal mass in a patient who presented with a chief complaint of temporomandibular pain. The patient was initially evaluated by an otorhinolaryngologist for complaints of headaches, earache, and sinus congestion. Due to worsening headaches and trismus, he was further referred for the management of temporomandibular disorder. The clinical evaluation was uneventful except for limited mouth opening (trismus). An advanced radiological evaluation using magnetic resonance imaging revealed a mass in the nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal region. The mass occupied the masticatory space and extended superioinferiorly from the skull base to the mandible. A diagnostic biopsy of the lesion revealed a long-standing human papilloma virus (HPV-16)-positive squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx. This case illustrates the need for the timely radiological evaluation of seemingly innocuous orofacial pain.

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Facial PainHuman Papillomavirus 16Magnetic Resonance ImagingOropharyngeal Neoplasms

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PMID28035308
PMCPMC5192028
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